Dr. Alonso did his M.D., Ph.D. at
the University of Santiago and University Autónoma de Madrid
in Spain. Further, he joined the laboratory of Torsten Wiesel
at The Rockefeller University, initially as a postdoctoral
student and later as a research associate. Currently, he is
an Associate Professor at SUNY College of Optometry and guest
researcher at the University of Connecticut. He is interested
in understanding the function of the thalamo-cortical and
intra-cortical circuitry of the visual system.
e-mail: jalonso@sunyopt.eduC.V.

Chong
Weng

B.S.,University
of

Science and Technology
of China

Graduate student at SUNY Optometry

Chong
Weng did her undergraduate studies in the School of Life Sciences
at the University of Science and Technology of China. She
then went on to receive her BS degree in Biology at the same
University. Her current work focuses on the spatial and temporal
properties of neurons in visual thalamus.

Dr. Chen obtained a B.S. in biology from Beijing
University of China and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Biophysics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences. He continued his research as
postdoctoral student, first at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
and then at SUNY College of Optometry. His main interest is
to understand the neuronal mechanisms of visual processing
in the brain. Currently, he is studying the neuronal mechanisms
underlying visual attention and task difficulty within the
primary visual cortex.

Yushi Wang received her bachelor degree from Chongqing
Medical University and master degree from West China Medical
School Sichuan University. Her current main interest is to
understand the organization of topographic maps in visual
cortex.